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A planning retreat organized by the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding In light of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the upcoming 2012 elections, and changes across the Middle East, important ideas on research priorities, currentstrengths, and potential growth were discussed to ensure ISPU’s research remains relevant to the policy conversation. —From the ISPU Summary…
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How the Internet has shaped religious thought, reach, and practice Beginning in 2010, the Center for Religion and Media at New York University (NYU) established a two-part, multiyear initiative to explore how digital technology shapes religious knowledge and forms of practice. The drive to learn more about this domain came out of the recognition that…
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Exploring the Church’s response to crime and political unrest Latin America is often referred to as one of the most violent regions of the world. But what is the broader history behind the headlines about drugs, gangs, and political corruption that are so often emphasized in mainstream analysis of this region? And how are people…
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A two-year series of workshops on the effects of climate change across the globe Land erosion, rising sea levels, and receding coastlines related to glacial melt, or increasing strain on urban water systems communities across the world experience the devastation of climate change in different ways. And yet, perhaps there are commonalities between these communities,…
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A two-day workshop on policy responses to aid climate refugees “Environmentally-Induced Displacement and Religion in Latin America and the Caribbean: Engaging the Normative and Legal Landscape” is the second workshop of the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS) project examining environmentally-induced displacement held in Brasília. The first of these workshops was held in…
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Understanding security, faith, and humanitarian aid at the US-Mexico border In a 2018 in The Guardian article, Julian Borger aptly writes, “The families in the migrant caravans trudging towards the US border are trying to escape a hell that the US has helped to create.” Unfortunately, very little of the mainstream reporting on this issue…
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A workshop on new approaches to portraying religious traditions in the media. Have you noticed any patterns in the way that religion is portrayed in the media? For instance, how are Muslims usually characterized? Does the depiction of Muslims differ from how Christians or Buddhists are portrayed? What images or concepts come to mind when…
